Manure and seed distributer.



Patented Aug. 2|," |900.

R. SCiHULTE-BLUME.

MANURE AND SEED D|STR|BUTER.

(Application filed Sept. 30, 1899.)

dai/245m- UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

RUDOLF SCI-IULTE-BLOME, OF SIEVERINGSEN, GERMANY.

MANURE AND SEED DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 656,329, dated August 21, 1900.

Application filed September 30, 1899. Serial No. 732,251. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLF SCHULTE- BLOME, farmer, asubject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, residing at Sieveringsen, Post Ostonen, near Soest, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manure and Seed Distributing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in machines for distributing artiiicial manure and seeds, the purpose of the invention being to obtain a uniform distribution of the manure and the seeds, respectively, even under unfavorable conditions of the ground.

A further purpose of the present invention i is to s1mplify the construction of such machines, so that disturbances in the action of the machine are obviated.

With this end in view the invention consists in certain novel combinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter and the essential elements of which are recited in the appended claim. -V

In the accompanying drawings a machine constructed according to the present invention is shown, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 shows a rear elevation; Fig. 3,

'a plan View of the machine; Fig. 4;, a section s on line A B of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 shows the feed-Worm of the machine, likewise on an enlarged scale.

The fore carriage c of the machine is mounted on the axle a, which supports thev wheels IZ9 Z9. The fore-carriage c is fitted with the drivers seat cZ and is steered by means of the wheel e in connection with the steeringrod f. The axle o has keyed thereto as many bevel-wheels g as there are feed-worms in the machine. Bevel-Wheels h mesh with the bevel-Wheels g. These bevel-Wheels h are mounted on the shaft 11 of each of the conveyer-worms Zo. The conveyer-Worms la, which may be made of any suitable and desired material, are inclosed in tight-fitting casings Z. The receptacle m, holding the material to be distributed, is secured to the fore-carriage c above the axle d in any suitable manner. The bottom o of the receptacle lm is iitted with longitudinal slots fu, be-

neath which the casingsZ of the conveyer Worms 7c are secured. These casings Z, in accordance with the longitudinal slots o in the bottom o, are fitted with apertures. A rocking plate r is attached to the fore-car riage c beneath the casings Z. The rocking of the plate r is effected by fitting arms s to its inner end, which rest von the axle a and are rocked by projections t on said axle when the wheels ZJ move. Y I wish it, however, to be understood that I do not confine myself to this mode of rocking the plate r, as any other method may be employed in accordance with requirements or desire. The free ends of the casings Z are open and tted with cross-bars u, which insure a uniform exit of the material to be distributed. The screw-threads in the conveyer-worms 7a may be chosen to suit the requirements. They may assume the form of acute angles in cross-section, or they may be rectangular, according to the nature `of the material to be distributed.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The receptacle m having been filled, the machine is set in motion, whereby the material drops through the slots in the bottom of the receptacle and through the apertures in the casings Z onto the conveyer-worms Za. The motion of the machine rotates, by virtue of the turning of the axle a, the bevel-wheels g, which impart their motion to the bevel-wheels h, and consequently to the conveyer-worms Zo, the screw-threads of which are filled with the material to be distributed dropped into same, as above described. The rotation of the Worms 7c conveys the material to the free end of the casings Z, where it comes into contact with the cross-bars u and is dropped onto the rocking plate r and finally distributed on the ground.

Having now particularly described my in vention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination in a seed and manure disJ tributing machine of a three-Wheeled vehicle, the third front wheel adapted to be steered by means of a hand-rod from the drivers seat, a seed or manure receptacle situated behind the drivers seat on the vehicle-frame and fitted with openings in the bottom, casings surrounding these openings so as to re' IOO as described and shown and for the purpose indicated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

f RUDOLF soHU'LTE-BLOME.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM EssENWEIN, GEO. P. PETTIT. 

